Coat collar construction



Jam 13, 1970 F. J. DICKENHERR COAT COLLAR CONSTRUCTION Filed June 20, 1968 l N VE N To R Francis J. Dicken/:err BY United States Patent O U.S. Cl. 2--98 5 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A collar construction for mens coats, or the like, wherein the folded longitudinal and lateral margins of the outer collar section overlap the corresponding marginal edges of a composite in-collar blank, and a continuous line of V-stitches secures said outer collar margins to the said marginal edges of the in-collar blank.

The present invention relates to apparel collars and is particularly directed to a collar construction for mens coats, or the like.

An object of the invention is to provide a novel garment collar construction whose transverse marginal edge and corners are free of stitches on the outer face to thereby improve the appearance of a coat having the co1- lar incorporated therein.

Another object of the invention is to provide in a coat collar having the foregoing characteristics a construction which is economically sewn at the opposite corners for the reason that the longitudinal margin and the opposite comers of the in-collar and the outer collar section are sewn together by a single and continuously applied line of stitches.

A further object of the invention is to provide a coat collar construction which includes a composite in-collar blank having `an interliner fused to an inner collar section, said blank forming the basis for its stitched attachment, in a novel manner, to the folded longitudinal margin and transverse corners of the outer collar section.

Other objects of this invention will become apparent from the following specification taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is plan view of my composite in-collar blank having an interliner superimposed upon and fused to an inner collar section.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged section taken on line 2-2 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the in-collar blank shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 superimposed upon and secured to an outer collar section in an intermediate assembly step.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged section taken on line 4-4 of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of my finished collar construction preparatory to its incorporation into a garment.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged section taken on line 6 6 of FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 is a fragmental, perspective view of a coat provided with my collar.

With particular reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 the numeral 10 is a composite in-collar blank including an interliner having two members 11 and 12 made of buckram, or the like, which abut each other along a curved, 1ongitudinally extending line 13 to locate the top fold 14 of the inished collar 15 (FIG. 7). These members are light in weight and Vwhen disposed side-by-side in a flat condition substantially conform to the shape of the collar. The interliner members 11 and 12 have their inner edges in close proximity to each other which are preferably folded back upon themselves at 16 and 17, respectively, and each folded edge is stitched by a line of sewing 18 and 19, respectively, to an inner collar section 20 which has sub- Mice stantially the same configuration as the interliner. The composite in-collar blank 10 has the interliner members 11 and 12 fused throughout a common face to the inner collar section 20 by means ofa heat and pressure sensitive resinous material 21, said inner collar section being preferably composed of the usual felt material, or the like.

Now with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 of the drawings, the composite in-collar blank 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is superimposed upon the finished face of an outer collar section 22 with the face of the inner collar section 22 with the face ofthe inner collar section 20 against the said finished face of the outer collar section 22. The outer collar section may be composed of a suitable fabric, it being noted that the blank 10 has the same configuration as the outer collar section on a somewhat smaller scale forming a continuous margin on the outer collar section completely around the in-collar blank. With respect to FIG. 3 the numeral 23 indicates a marginal portion of the outer collar section extending longitudinally of the collar while the numerals 24 and 25- indicate lateral margins of the outer collar section which form collar tips 26 on each side of the iinished collar.

As best shown in FIG. 4 the in-collar blank 10 is machine sewn from the exposed side along its longitudinal and lateral edges to the outer collar section by means of a continuous line of V-stitches 27 whichsecures together the aligned edges of the interliner 11 and inner collar section 20 of the blank 10 to the outer collar section 22 inwardly of the free, longitudinal and lateral edges, respectively, of the said outer collar section.

As indicated by the circular arrow 28 shown in FIG. 4 the outer collar section 22 is turned outwardly around the line of V-shaped stitches into the position best shown in FIG. 6 of the drawings whereby the interliner is disposed between the inner and outer collar sections. The marginal portions 23, 24 and 25 of the outer collar section then are doubled upon themselves and overlap the aligned edges of the inner collar section and the interliner and, as indicated in FIG. 5, the V-shaped stitches will present in the turned and finished collar small parallel points, resembling the appearance of the conventional I stitch, on the exposed margin of the inner collar section 20. These thread points will not be noticed when the collar is folded on itself in the finished condition of the coat because, as indicated in FIG. 7 of the drawing, said stitches will be concealed by the folded longitudinal and lateral margins of the collar.

The folded marginal portions 23, 24 and 25, as shown in IFIG. 6, are turned inwardly and overlap and protect the relatively at marginal edges of the interliner and inner collar section, it being noted that the V-stitches will maintain the collar sections in the condition shown in said FIG. 6 when the collar is turned down around the top fold 14.

What is claimed is:

1. A coat collar construction including an outer collar section, a composite in-collar blank having an interliner fused to an inner collar section, said in-collar blank being initially superimposed on the finished side of the outer collar section and having the outline of the outer collar section on a smaller scale to provide a continuous margin of outer collar material extending along the longitudinal and lateral borders of the outer collar material, and a continuous line of V-stitches sewn from the blank side and connecting together the aligned longitudinal and transverse edges of the interliner and inner collar section of the blank to the outer collar section inwardly from the border of the latter, whereby upon turning of the outer collar section inside-out, around the line of stitches into a finished condition, the folded continuous margin of the outer collar will overlap the said aligned edges of the interliner and the inner collar section; said line of stitches assuming the appearance of I stitches in the finished collar condition.

2. A coat collar construction including an outer collar section, an in-collar blank initially superimposed on the finished side of the outer collar section, said blank having the same but smaller configuration than the outer collar section to provide a continuous margin of outer collar material along the longitudinal and transverse sides of the blank, and a line of V-stitches sewn from the blank side and connecting together the longitudinal and transverse edges of the blank to the outer collar material, said outer collar section being turned inside-out around the line of V-stitches with the folded marginal material of the outer collar section turned inwardly and overlapping the corresponding edges of the blank.

3. The coat collar construction of claim 2 wherein the in-collar blank has an inner collar section fused to an interliner.

4 4. The coat collar construction of claim 3 wherein the inner collar section and the interliner have flat border portions Whose longitudinal and lateral edges are in alignment.

5. The coat collar construction of claim 2 wherein the line of V-stitches is continuous and uninterrupted.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 5/ 1937 Rosenwasser 2-98 8/ 1968 Abramson 2--98 

